Brooklyn's Own 'Judas Iscariot' and More Brooklyn Briefs

- Five small commercial leases signed in DUMBO.  Crain's NY

- Only one Democrat -- from Brooklyn -- out of the city's all-Democratic congressional delegation voted against President Obama's health care bill. Now he's offended when he's called "Judas Iscariot."  Brooklyn Eagle

- Unicyclists to cross every bridge in the city.  Gothamist 

- New Toll Brothers' 205 Water Street renderings.  DumboNYC  and Curbed

- After years of decline, crime is up in many Brooklyn precincts. Brooklyn Eagle   

- State Senator Daniel Squadron will host his second annual Community Convention this coming Sunday. BHB

- In spite of the chicken heads and animal entrails, the Parks Dept. says that Prospect Park Lake is clean.  Brooklyn Paper 

- Census counts gay marriages even in states that don't allow them.  Huff Post

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